Hampshire's Matt Bell will race in next year's BRDC Formula 4
Championship, competing as a privateer.

The 22-year-old from Winchester joins the series on the back of a
successful debut in the Radical Clubman's Cup, rounding off an
impressive season at Snetterton last weekend to finish third
overall after securing six wins, six podiums and two new lap
records.

He first started karting in 1999 winning multiple karting titles
including the Super 1 National Junior Intermediates Championship in
2005. In 2007 he made the move to single seaters with the Formula
BMW UK series competing in six races, before going on to compete in
the BMW World Final. Budget constraints then unfortunately hampered
his racing for the next few seasons with Matt only competing in
selected races of Formula Palmer Audi before stopping racing
entirely in 2011.

Matt, who will be run by his father Trevor, said: "We're really
looking forward to racing next year and can't wait to get our hands
on the new F4 car. Having little single seater experience is going
to make things a steep learning curve for us against some stiff
competition, but our goal is to win and we're certainly not here to
make up the numbers!"

Jonathan Palmer, F4 Series Director, said: "I've known Matt since
he raced in the FPA Autumn Trophy in 2008 when he finished an
impressive fourth in the final race. More recently he's been quick
in the Radical Clubman's Cup and I look forward to Matt and his
father proving that in F4 privateers can be very
competitive."